This Week in Pennsylvania: Jay Ostrich, Berks County Veterans Affairs

George Stockburger

May 26, 2024 at 6:31 AM·1 min read

(WHTM) – On this Memorial Day weekend edition of This Week in Pennsylvania, Jay Ostrich, the Director of the Berks County Veterans Affairs office, shares his story of coming home from the battlefront and the issues he and other veterans are experiencing on the homefront.

Also this week our analysts Brittany Crampsie of Brit Crampsie Communications and Christopher Nicholas of Eagle Consulting discuss recent topics including John Fetterman’s reaction to a recent outburst by members of the U.S. House and the issue of school vouchers in the Pennsylvania Treasurer’s race.

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